Jesse stubbs and fredrick jonas



(NoModeL) J. STUBBS 82; P. JONAS;

Road Scraper.

No. 232,859. Patented 00L 5,1880.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE STUBBS AND FREDRIOK JONAS, OF MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA; SAID JONAS ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO SAID STUBBS.

ROAD-SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,859, dated October 5, 1880.

Application filed July 15, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JESSE STUBBs and FREDRIOK J ONAS, citizens of the United States, residing at Mount Pleasant, in the county of Henry and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road- Scrapers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a-ppertains to make and use the'same, reference being had 'to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is aperspective view of a scraper embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan. Fi at is a plan of the blank from which the scraper-box is formed.

Ourinvention relates to road-scrapers of that class in which a scraper-box with handles at its rear. end is drawn by a draft'hail at its forward end toload it, and isadapted to be turned over forward upon the draft-bail to discharge 2 5 its load; and the invention consists, first, in a scraperbox formed of a blank of suitable material, which may be bent into shape to form a strong box, with the material doubled at the corners where the handles are attached, and

0 where great stiffness and strength are required; second, in a scraper-box having a flat bottom, a single plate of metal attached to and extending across the bottom to strei'igthen it, and curved so as to form a rocker and facilitate aisingand lowering the front and rear ends of the scraper.

Referring to the drawings byletters, A repsents the scraper-box, formed of a single plate of light steel cut into a blank or form as shown 40 at Fig. 4, its sides a bent upward on the dotted lines a, and its rear end, a", bent upward on the dot-ted line a. The rear end, a, is

extended at its sides and bent forward on the side parts, a, to which it is secured by rivets rear, and attached at its front and rear ends to the bottom of the scraper-box by rivets 0. The plate E extends nearly or entirely across the flat bottom of the scraper-box A, and thereby stiifens and strengthens it, so that it may be made of light steel or iron, and be light and easy to handle. The plate E also forms a rocker to facilitate forcing the forward end of the scraper into the ground, tipping or turning it, and for raising its forward end, and, further, will prevent the thin scraper-bottom being worn out in use.

Having thus described our invention, what we-claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. A scraper-box formed of a blank cut and 0 bent as described, and the ends of its rear side bent upon and riveted to the sides of the scraper-box to stiffen and strengthen it at the corners and where the handles are attached, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the scraper-box having a flat bottom, the curved metallic rockerplate E, extending nearly orentirely across the bottom, whereby it may stiffen and strengthen said bottom when made of light steel or iron, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof we atlix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JESSE STUBBS. FREDBIGK JONAS. Witnesses:

O. M. SNYDER, JAMES Gosenovn. 

